I’ll be teaching online classes via Writing Workshops and the Iowa Summer Writing Festival this spring. Upcoming ones:
I’m teaching a series for Writing Workshops: Building Interiority for Characters. In each one, we’ll look at a different strategy to create interior worlds for your characters.
I’ll be teaching Building Interiority through Admiration, Envy and Judgement will be April 17, 7-9 pm via zoom through Writing Workshops:
Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more information these workshops, or if you want information on my writing coaching, private manuscript consults or help with MFA applications.
My novel, “Like Normal People,” was included in Susan Straight’s map of 1,001 novels to read to find the real America. You can see the list here. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-05-28/american-novels-1001-literary-geography-map-states
Mirabile dictu blog says: Read A Town of Empty Rooms
12 Jun 2013
“A rich texture to her observant, intense, lyrical writing.” This blog recommends A Town of Empty Rooms for summer reading: You can read the whole review here.